Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1940–1987
Conny Plank
Krautrock producer
At his farmhouse studio near Cologne, Plank worked with Kraftwerk on Autobahn (1974), Neu! and Cluster, treating the studio as an instrument.
Still heard: Electronic pop and techno were born in rooms like his.
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